random: FRUIT STRIPE

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got these fun paper clips that made my day from a sweet friend…it reminded me of FRUIT STRIPE GUM, which made me even happier. when i was little i would return bottles and cans from my house to buy candy from the bodega, since food stamps would not cover candy. (that’s when food stamps were paper and i called them “foreign money”). the gum had exotic flavors, although it only lasted for 3 minutes. i would go through 1 pack a day…oh, youth!

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  • Rai
    September 3, 2009

    Just like buba-licious gum..the flavor lasts for like 2-3 minutes. I love your Chanel bracelet by the way :-)

  • anakensk
    September 3, 2009

    lol best tasting gum ever, even tho the flavor only lasted like 3 seconds, the wrappers had the dope tattoos tho lol …

  • The General
    September 3, 2009

    You can buy these at the Economy Candy store on Rivington St. in the Lower Eastside. Whenever I’m in the area, I pop into the store and stock up on a few of them… if only the flavor was everlasting…

  • Lluvia
    September 3, 2009

    aw trip down memory lane, things were so much easier when we were kids! & ahh the bracelet <3

  • BiziBee
    September 3, 2009

    I used to love that gum….my granny used to buy it for me all the time!!

    I’d have a jawful of gum by the time my mom came to pick me up from her house :D

  • rocknrolla
    September 3, 2009

    lol, I remember those mugs.

  • Felicia
    September 3, 2009

    I definitely tweeted about this some days ago AND I have a pack right now,lol. Went to the gas station and had some other gum in hand but once I saw that striped package I spazzed out. Couldn’t leave without it. Rare sighting…I’ll be saving the wrapper. :)

  • desi b.
    September 3, 2009

    man how much i miss the good ol’ days. loved that gum!!

  • B.DeniSE
    September 3, 2009

    Aye!!! i remember that gum! havent seen it in a long while

  • Monie Golightly
    September 4, 2009

    the pic should be called “it’s the little things in life.” you’re showing off paperclips while rocking a Chanel bracelt!? lol. that’s rich!

  • Joseph
    September 4, 2009

    i always got access to those let me know if you want some be happy to mail them to u hit me up on the email if u like its not a problem….=)

  • ladylike
    September 4, 2009

    <3 ur chanel bracelet!

  • London
    September 4, 2009

    Man, if they could ever find a way to get that flavor to last, I would buy it now. I used to love that gum! That bracelet is NICE!

  • J.A.
    September 4, 2009

    I just had a pack of Fruit Stripe. Dope bracelet.

  • jaz.
    September 7, 2009

    i used to chew that when i was little. but i was really frugal with my gum and, my grandma knew it, she would chew the entire pack in one day. it irked my nerves!!

  • supercurt108
    September 9, 2009

    remember the tropical flavor? aah food stamps, the real stamps. go to the store with those! i bet creative people would spend those just to be stylish!

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